Sentences with phrase «additional genes into»

«But if we can add additional genes into the screening, we can refine the prediction of the disease, we can increase the accuracy, we can probably even identify higher percentages of at - risk individuals.»

Not exact matches

The first steps in this have already been accomplished with the transplanting of additional genes for growth hormone into sheep in Australia to produce larger animals and therefore more wool.

«Our stem cell - based studies indicate that low - calorie sweeteners promote additional fat accumulation within cells compared with cells not exposed to these substances, in a dose - dependent fashion — meaning that as the dose of sucralose is increased more cells showed increased fat droplet accumulation,» said Sabyasachi Sen, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. «This most likely occurs by increasing glucose entry into cells through increased activity of genes called glucose transporters.»

Additional experiments showed that the protein produced by HMGA1 activates another gene called Sox9, which is directly responsible for turning stem cells into Paneth cells.

The cutting edge, however, is «gene doping,» in which additional copies of a naturally - occurring gene or modified copies may be inserted into an athlete's genome using a virus carrier.

The team then used their best transplastomic tobacco plant line to introduce an additional set of genes into its nuclear genome, generating the COSTREL lines.

Additionally, the interpretation of levels of change in gene expression in isolation, without the additional statistical rigor provided by the concomitant analysis of ontological interaction networks, may severely limit critical insights into relevant biologic processes.

Additional experiments showed the feasibility of creating a two - layer security system for T cells by simultaneously blocking a gene the HIV virus needs to gain entry into cells and a gene the virus needs to survive and reproduce within the cell, resulting in doubly secure resistance.

As shown in Figure 1B and Additional file 1: Figure S1, the incorporation of the lacY gene into pYIUV5Trfp enabled the IPTG - inducible expression of RFP from PlacUV5, although the expression level is low compared to those of PBAD and Pxyls / PM.

This molecule enters into the nucleus of macrophages, binds to their DNA and activates genes that lead to the creation of the additional organelles, turning them into «super-macrophages,» according to Razani.

All manually curated literature for the specified gene, organized into topics according to their relevance to the gene (Primary Literature, Additional Literature, or Review).

«When we injected GMT into each of the three types of human fibroblasts, nothing happened — they never transformed — so we went back to the drawing board to look for additional genes that would help initiate the transformation,» said Gladstone Staff Scientist Ji - dong Fu, PhD, the study's lead author.

This is because over the years, breeders have been proactive in introducing additional cats into the gene pool.